TikTok

With a TikTok ban scheduled to go into effect in the United States on Sunday, many users began to see messages preventing them from using the app when they opened it after 10 p.m. Eastern on Saturday. The message reads, “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now.” “A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means...

TikTok users are being told the app is not currently available as the government’s ban is set to go into effect Jan. 19.

Trump spoke to NBC News’ Kristen Welker in an exclusive phone interview Saturday, discussing his plans on what to do about the popular social media app.

Ahead of the expected TikTok ban, creators on the app posted heartfelt goodbyes this week to their fans. 

TikTok confirmed that it plans to go dark Sunday unless it’s given more clarity from the Biden administration and the Department of Justice regarding the ban.

TikTok confirmed that it plans to go dark on Sunday unless the company is given more clarity from the Biden Administration and Department of Justice regarding the ban that is scheduled to go into effect. 

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Jan. 19 unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company, ByteDance.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, says the incoming Trump administration should work with the Biden administration to find an American buyer for TikTok.

TikTok has cemented itself as a quintessential entertainment app, offering everything from funny skits and makeup tutorials to social commentary and news. Without a sale to an approved buyer, the platform is expected to vanish from U.S. app stores by Sunday now that the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the the ban. The decision came against the backdrop of unusual...

The Supreme Court upheld a federal law that President Joe Biden signed in April that will shut the popular social media app down on Jan. 19, the day before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

The law in question requires China-based TikTok owner ByteDance to divest itself of the company, arguing U.S. national security concerns.

Barring action by the Supreme Court, a ban on the popular app in the U.S. is set to begin Sunday.

TikTok is preparing to potentially make the app unavailable to its 170 million American users on Sunday, the same day a U.S. ban is set to go into effect, according to a person with knowledge of the company’s planning who spoke with NBC News.

If TikTok does indeed go dark on Sunday for Americans, there may be a tool for them to continue accessing the popular social app: VPNs. 

The Chinese government is considering a plan for Elon Musk to acquire TikTok’s U.S. business, Bloomberg News reported Monday.

TikTok could vanish from U.S. app stores by Jan. 19. If you’re an avid user, here’s what you need to know to prepare.

The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.

The law that could ban TikTok is before the Supreme Court. The justices largely hold the app’s fate in their hands as they hear the case Friday.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday will hear a challenge to a looming ban on the wildly popular social media app TikTok. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.

The Supreme Court on Friday heard oral arguments in the case involving the future of TikTok in the U.S., which could ban the app as soon as next week.